[Wylug-help] New camcorder with usb2 transfer

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 23 January 2007 15:07, James Holden wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 10:58:32AM +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
> [snip]
>
> > > It seems pretty daft that it doesn't have Firewire - my Sony digital 8
> > > camcorder does, and it works beautifully with Linux. True plug and play
> > > - connect it up, fire up Kino and grab away.
> >
> > It does have firewire.  My hazy memory caused me to forget that ilink and
> > firewire were the same beast, and I didn't recognise the connector,
> > having only ever seen the standard sized firewire connectors before.  I
> > thought it was some proprietary interface - though I should have realised
> > that if it was they would have had to provide the cable for it.
>
> Ah... you're OK then! Plug it in, fire up Kino, capture away.
>
> Let us know how you get on.
>
Couldn't have been easier to get started.  I've got a test recording.  Now I 
just have to play with it and see what it can do.

Thanks to all for the encouragement.

Anne
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